We met Laurie at Seoul Station. Lucy was entertaining and being as sweet as can be to all the homeless men that wanted to pet her. We made the exchange with Laurie and this is where our real adventure begins.
Zach and I would have another hour or more back to Dongbaek so we went to the bathroom, got smoothies at the Smoothie King and got Lucy all situated in her carrying case.
We waited twenty-minutes for the bus to arrive and when it did, it seemed like half of Seoul wanted to get on the red 5000. We pushed our way onto the bus only to be crammed in the center aisle with about 20 plus other people. Me, Zach, Lucy and 20 plus Koreans, body to body.
Lucy is shedding and her shedding took on a whole new level when we got on the bus--I must say it disgust me. Laurie said she had never shed until recently--we are shaving her. Zach started having serious issues, sneezing, wheezing and red puffy eyes. Sigh. Lucy is awesome--neither of us want to give her back but if Zach doesn't improve, we must.
Back to the bus ride. I was kneeling down in the middle aisle trying to comfort Lucy who is trapped in her carrying case when a very sweet elderly man offered to hold Lucy in his lap.
The man next to the generous man, huffed and said something rude, I'm guessing, in Korean and turned away. I couldn't blame him, dog hair was flying all over and he was just trying to read his book. The generous man just smiled at me and nodded, as if to say, "hey, don't worry about it."
We were stuck in traffic and the bus seemed to sit for at least 30-40 minutes with little movement. A kind woman could tell Zach wasn't feeling well and offered him her seat. Zach could rest and I could try to decide what our plan of action should be. The plan, if we ever made it through the tunnel, would be to get OFF this BUS! We would either find another, less crowded bus or take a taxi to Bundang and then catch a bus back to Dongbaek. Thank goodness we have a year of experience living here, it didn't seem quite so daunting that I was trying to come up with a different route.
The bus finally reached the stop before the Han river. Thank goodness. We barely could get off the bus, people were helping push us to the exit. An elderly man who was sitting on the stairs yelled at me, why, I have no idea but thank goodness we were off that bus.
We took Lucy for a walk, gave her some water and just breathed and laughed about the madness of this trip. Another westerner got off the bus we were on and turned to us and said, "Can you believe that? That was intense." Agreed.
Now what? Plan A. I flagged down a taxi but he didn't go to Bundang. Sigh. Plan B. 8100 to Ori and then taxi home.
This was a good plan. The bus had seats available and people seemed a little more pleasant when we got on with our dog. We sat. No crowds just a quiet bus ride back to Bundang. Lucy continued to be awesome--sitting quietly in her little case.
We made it to Ori, flagged down a taxi and made it home. 3 hours later. Yes, three hours later.
Our first night with Lucy was great but we have some uncertainty if whether or not we can keep her. If Zach's allergies continue to bother him after her hair is cut we can't keep her. We would all be sad but Zach completely understands--who likes to feel miserable.
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